1-1     By:  Villarreal (Senate Sponsor - Madla)              H.B. No. 2782
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
1-10     impose an application fee to be paid in connection with an
1-11     application or request for county ad valorem tax abatement.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Section 312.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding
1-14     Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-15           (e)  The guidelines and criteria adopted by the commissioners
1-16     court of a county may include a requirement that an application or
1-17     request for tax abatement submitted to the county under this
1-18     chapter must be accompanied by a reasonable application fee not to
1-19     exceed $1,000.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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